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HYDRANTS
Definition of HYDRANTS
noun
plural of hydrant
noun
An outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.
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Word DNA
HYDRANTS inherits its ancestry from its root, HYDRANT.
How it is built
Same root, HYDRANT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYDRANTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HYDRANTS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHNRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYDRAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found HYDRANTS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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